Gasly tops rain disrupted FP2 session in Hungary

Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly topped Friday’s dry-to-wet FP2 at the Hungaroring, the Frenchman making the most of the dry conditions that prevailed in the early part of the afternoon session. Gasly’s fastest time was 0.055s faster than teammate Max Verstappen, while Mercedes Lewis Hamilton was third, ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo. 2019…

Kubica unsure Williams performance upswing is for real

Williams’ Robert Kubica says teammate George Russell’s promising performance in qualifying in Hungary will require confirmation after F1’s summer break. Russell missed the Q2 cut by a small margin at the Hungaroring, qualifying P16 but outpacing Racing Point’s Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll, Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo and Kubica himself. The performance has incited Williams to…

Unhappy Sainz rues qualifying that ‘snowballed into disaster’

For the second race in succession McLaren’s Carlos Sainz failed to gain access to the top-10 shootout in qualifying, the Spaniard hindered by a mysterious lack of rear-end grip on his MCL34. Click Here: Newcastle United Shop Sainz enjoyed a strong start to the Saturday afternoon session, finishing the opening segment P7 but it was…

Haas to persist with split-specification cars in Hungary

Haas has confirmed that it will once again run its VF-19 car in two different configurations in Hungary as it continues to investigate its car’s relatively weak race pace. Haas’ successive updates during the first half of the season failed to deliver consistency to its car’s performance in qualifying and race trim. The confusing discrepancy…

Pirelli raked up the miles with first 18-inch tyre test

Pirelli successfully completed on Friday the first test of its 2021 18-inch tyres at Paul Ricard, with Renault reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin racking up the miles during the two-day programme. Overall, Sirotkin completed 213 trouble-free laps on board a mule car supplied by Renault and shod with F1’s future low profile tyres. “This was very…

Ferrari dominates FP1 at Spa as Vettel edges Leclerc

Ferrari enjoyed a productive start to its Belgian Grand Prix weekend, with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc leading the charge in FP1. Click Here: France Football Shop Vettel’s best lap was a 1m44.574s that cleared Leclerc by 0.214s. The soft-shod red duo preceded Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and an impressive Alex Albon, with just a…

Groundbreaking Study Shows Your Brain (Though Perhaps Not Your Ego) on LSD

You may or may not know what it feels like for your ego “to dissolve” under the effects of LSD, but now—with a brain-imaging study described as a historic breakthrough—you can at least know what it looks like. “In many ways, the brain in the LSD state resembles the state our brains were in when…